31 October 2017

Genealogen nr. 2, 2017

Genealogen, medlemsbladet til Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, er nettopp kommet uit med en ny utgave (nr. 2, 2017). På forsiden pryder et kart over Orknøyene. Kartet, som er en håndtegnet versjon av historikeren P.A. Munch, er hentet fra Nasjonalbibliotekets kartsamling. Illustrasjonen er valgt fordi den lengste artikkelen i denne utgaven dreier seg om slekten Dishington, som kom fra Orknøyene og slo seg ned i Bergen. Fra innholdet gjengis:
  • Formannens spalte: For deg som vil videre
  • Are S. Gustavsen: Skoleholderen fra Gausdal. Tore Anderssøn Kvisberg – et 1700-talls eksempel fra den innenlandske migrasjon
  • Rønnaug Hartz: En 13-årings dagbok fra 1850-tallet
  • Petter Falch Vennemoe: Jacob Andersen Dishington
  • Dag Trygsland Hoelseth: Mer om Rosenbaum og Rogg
  • Lisbeth Løchen: 200-årsjubileum for skipet De Zee Ploegs havari utenfor Bergen
Det er gitt plass til to anmeldelser denne gangen. Are S. Gustavsen har gitt sine inntrykk av Rune Nedruds tobindsverk Sikt og sakefall 1612-1695 for Hadeland, Toten, Vardal, Biri, Valdres og Land, utgitt 2016, og Sikt og sakefall 1606-1695 for Gudbrandsdalen, utgitt i 2017, i artikkelen «Opplysende om livets mange skyggesider», mens undertegnede har gitt en presentasjon av The Central Iowa Norwegian Project og anmeldt første bind av Arlen Twedts The Central Iowa Norwegians, utgitt i 2017.

Videre inneholder Genealogen foreningsstoff slik som et medlemsblad skal ha, slik som protokoll fra årsmøtet 2017 og en oversikt over donerte bøker til NSFs bibliotek fra oktober 2016 til oktober 2017.

Mitt hovedbidrag denne gangen er altså artikkelen Mer om Rosenbaum og Rogg. Kanskje ikke den mest prosaiske tittelen, men den indikerer i hvert fall at jeg har fulgt opp artikkelen Rosenbaum som tok slektsnavnet Rogg, som ble publisert i Genealogen nr. 1, 2017. Artikkelen omhandlet brødrene Halvard, Karl Marius «Kalle» og Henry Conrad Rosenbaum, som i 1939 fikk Justisdepartementets bevilling til å anta slektsnavnet Rogg. I artikkelen skrev jeg litt om navnebevillinger som kilde og litt om hva som motiverte brødrenes ønske om å skifte slektsnavn. I tillegg ga jeg en presentasjon av de tre brødrene og inkluderte samtidig en kort genealogisk oversikt over de tre brødrene og deres nærmeste slektskrets, som inkluderte to halvsøstre, en antatt halvbror samt brødrenes foreldre Henry Conrad Rosenbaum (d.e.) (1878–1949) og Harriet Rosenbaum, f. Kristensen (1881–1965). Jeg kom ikke helt i mål med genealogien – det var fortsatt noen uavklarte spørsmål som stod igjen ved deadline. Det skyldtes delvis at jeg kom litt for sent i gang med prosjektet – det var jo navnebevillingen jeg først og fremst hadde tenkt å fokusere på – og delvis at jeg ikke var kreativ nok i letingen etter kilder. Prosjektet ble også større enn jeg hadde opprinnelig planlagt. Etter at jeg leverte artikkelen, har jeg funnet ytterligere informasjon om slektskretsen, og som både utfyller og korrigerer artikkelen. Blant nyhetene er detaljer om farmoren og farmoren til Henry Conrad Rosenbaum (d.e.), som ble født i Edinburgh og deretter etterlatt hos fosterforeldre i Norge mens foreldrene Adolf Rosenbaum, f. ca. 1853, angivelig i Hamburg, og Helle Johanne Nilsen (Nilsdatter), f. 1855 i Sande, emigrerte til USA. Jeg har ennå ikke funnet spor etter dem, så det får eventuelt bli et senere prosjekt.

Men jeg kom endelig i mål med Henry Conrads datter med Anna Mathilde Ingebrigtsen, Magdalena Henriette Rosenbaum, som var født i Larvik i 1909, oppvokst i Tjølling og levde størsteparten av sitt voksne liv som gift og enke i Sandefjord, der hun døde i 1985. Underveis har jeg forsøkt å beskrive hvilke metoder jeg brukte for å komme frem til resultatet. Jeg sporet til slutt opp ett av Magdalenas barnebarn, som bidro med mange opplysninger. Jeg har dessverre ikke kommet til bunns i mysteriet om hvor det ble av Henry Odvar Rosenbaum, f. 1909, den antatte sønnen Henry Conrad Rosenbaum (d.e.) fikk med Olava Diderikke Stubberud (1876–1962). Men jeg har spor som jeg håper å kunne følge opp utover vinteren. Det fortelles for øvrig at Henry Conrad antagelig også ble far til et tredje utenomekteskapelig barn. Det er med andre ord mange tråder å nøste opp, men en spennende slekt å studere. Verken forrige eller herværende artikkel om Rosenbaum-Rogg-slekten gir en fullstendig oversikt over etterslekten. Det var heller aldri meningen. Men artiklene gir i hvert fall et godt utgangspunkt for videre studier. I tillegg er slektskretsen til Magdalena, med de mange halv- og stesøsknene i Holtan-slekten i Tjølling, også verdt å studere videre for de som vil ta utfordringen.

Oppdatert onsdag 1. november 2017 kl. 13.20 (tyrkleif rettet opp).

22 October 2017

Royalty Digest Quarterly no. 3, 2017

I received my copy of  Royalty Digest Quarterly no. 3, 2017 at the end of September. It is on due time to give some of my impressions.

The photo on the front cover shows Queen Louise of Denmark (1817–1898) and her granddaughters Princesses Victoria, Maud and Louise of Wales. The photo was taken at Wiesbaden in 1882 according to the editor's photo caption on page 2. In his Editor's Corner Ted Rosvall is this time commenting on the names of Prince Carl Philip and Princess Sofia's second son Gabriel Carl Walther. Rosvall gives examples of other members of the Royal European Family who have the name Gabriel. He wrongly refers to Prince Louis of Luxembourg's son Gabriel, born 2006, as a Count of Nassau (and not Prince of Nassau, as he really is), but that is of course a trifle.

There are many interesting articles in the present issue. The first one is titled The End of Swedish Coronations which is written by the historian Trond Norén Isaksen. He gives a detailed and well-sourced account for why the coronation ceremony was dropped after Gustaf V became King.

The second article is written by the freelance journalist and historian Elizabeth Jane Timms and is titled Birth in Darmstadt – Princess Alix of Hesse. Princes Alix was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Prince Ludwig, later Grand Duke Ludwig IV (1837–1892), by his wife Princess Alice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1843–1878). Princess Alix was of course later better known as Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, spouse of Emperor Nicholas II.

Everyone who has followed my blog which includes many articles about graves and cemeteries will not be surprised by how much I enjoyed Lucas Szkopinski's article The Final Resting Places of the Members of the Albanian Royal Family 1934–2012. Besides the historical outline of the short-lived Albanian monarchy and the members of the Albanian Royal Family, one will find photos of King Zog's original tomb at the Thiais cemetery outside Paris and the burial places in Tirana and Istanbul. Knowing that the remains of King Zog were about to be moved from France to Albania, I hurried to visit the Thiais cemetery in October 2009. I hope to visit Tirana some time later.

Issue no. 3, 2017 brings the second part of The Royal House of Denmark – A Family Album by the periodical's historical consultant Charlotte Zeepvat. Besides the introduction, the readers are treated with 96 images and two pages with family tables. I suppose that the next issue will bring the third and final part of the family album covering Denmark.  And wonder when it will be Norway's turn?

Following the family album comes the obituary of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924–2017), who died on 13 June this year. The obituary is written by Marlene A. Eilers Koenig, author of among others Queen Victoria's Descendants (1st edition, 1987; 2nd edition,1998; companion volume, 2004).

Another ongoing serial in the RDQ is called Little-Known Royals. One can always discuss how little-known some of these royals are, but I guess I am not the right person to ask.  Anyway, Coryne Hall has written a nice piece about Princess Katharina of Greece (1913–2007), later known as Lady Katherine Brandram.

I have always enjoyed the serial Half a Century of Royal Letters; 1899–1946, collected by John Wimbles from the Romanian National Archives (among others) and compiled by David Horbury. Part 5 brings many interesting letters. The following extract, taken from a letter from Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1878–1942), née Princess of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to Queen Marie of Romania (1875–1938), written on 1 March 1924 at Coburg, makes me shudder:
The father was born before the war in one of the German colonies and does not seem to have had quite a clear reputation in some business affairs. The mother is of a good (half French, half Luxembourg family, the best part of the family it seems) but the worst of all that could be, the mother of  the father was a jewess. And that, of course, is a thing we could not get over.
The said people were parents of a «Frl Essen», once the girl-friend of Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg's son Prince Gottfried (1897–1960), who later married Princess Margarita of Greece (1905–1981).

The present issue is concluded by the column The World Wide Web of Royalty, which brings genealogical news from the Royal, Princely and/or Ducal houses of Beaufort, Hannover, Oldenburg, Richmond, Ruffo and Sweden.

Information on Royalty Digest Quarterly can be found at its editor's website Royalbooks.se. See earlier presentation of RDQ here. See also its Facebook page.  

Updated on 23 October 2017 at 10 a.m. (typo corrected).

17 October 2017

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to pay Norway an official visit

The Norwegian Royal Court announced today that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (William and Catherine) are coming to Norway for an official visit in early 2018.

The exact date and program has not yet been set. According to a tweet from Kensington Palace earlier today, the couple is also going to visit Sweden. The tweet says that the couple will undetake the official visit «at the request of the FCO [Foreign & Commonwealth Office]».
https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/92022379052470681
https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/920223790524706816

11 October 2017

Norway: Crown Prince Haakon to attend King Bhumibol of Thailand's funeral service

The Norwegian Royal Court confirmed today that Crown Prince Haakon will represent Norway at the funeral service and cremation ceremony for King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) on 26 October 2017.

The death of King Bhumibol on 13 October 2016 has been marked by a one-year period of mourning. From the 25th to the 29th of October several ceremonies will take place. The actual cremation will be held on 26 October 2017, with many royals and other dignitaries in attendance. More details can be found among others on the Bangkok Post's Royal Cremation Ceremony page and Wikipedia.

Crown Prince Haakon will travel to Thailand alone. On the same day as the cremation ceremony takes place, his wife Crown Princess Mette-Marit will together with Princess Astrid Mrs. Ferner attend the gala dinner for the members of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) hosted by King Harald and Queen Sonja.

2 October 2017

Julie Payette installed as Canada's new Governor General

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada. Photo credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall © OSGG-BSGG, 2017.

Julie Payette was today installed as Canada's 29th Governor General in a ceremony which took place inside the Senate Chamber on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The ceremony started at 10.55 a.m. local time. According to the press release, the ceremony was to be followed by military honours and the inspection of a guard of honour outside of Parliament (12.15 p.m.). Ms. Payette will then lay flowers at the National War Memorial (1.45 p.m.), before arriving at Rideau Hall, the official residence and workplace of the governor general in Ottawa (1.55 p.m.). The day will conclude with an evening reception at the Canadian Museum of History (7 p.m.).

Payette replaced David Johnston, who was installed as Governor General on 1 October 2010. Johnston bid farewell at a ceremony last Thursday. His term was originally meant to expire in 2015, but was extended with two years. Payette, b. 1963, is a businesswoman and a former astronaut and engineer. She has been married twice and has one son.

In connection with Payette's installation, her coat of arms was unveiled.

© The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Copy of the version at gg.ca.

Arms: Per pale Azure and Sable a wing and in the canton the Royal Crown Argent.

Crest: A musical stave bearing the first notes of the second movement of Alessandro Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor Sable; Motto: PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, meaning “Through hardship to the stars”.

Supporters: Two lynx Sable embellished Argent each wearing a collar set with laurel leaves Or and mullets Argent, and standing on the planet Earth Azure, its atmosphere Argent, charged with the Greek letter sigma (Σ) Argent.

More information about the coat of arms can be found at the website of the Governor General's Office.

The national coat-of-arms of Canada. Photo taken inside Parliament Hill in 2008.

 Parliament Hill, Ottawa.


 Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Governor General of Canada.

Well, just to prove that I have been there!

Last five photos: © 2008 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth.